Honeywell to pay $10 million for tar cleanup at Ironton Coke site

Thursday, 01 April 2010 13:41:53 (GMT+2)

The US Department of Justice announced on March 31 that the US government has reached an agreement with Honeywell International Inc. regarding the cleanup of the remaining areas of a former tar plant at the Allied Chemical and Ironton Coke Superfund Site in Ohio.

The deal worth $10 million that was filed in the federal court in Cincinnati settles responsibility claims against Honeywell for the cleanup of the remaining areas of the site.

According to an official statement, the two parties will recover substantially all of the costs incurred in dealing with the cleanup, the cost of which will exceed $75 million, with $10 million to be paid by Honeywell.

The tar plant, set up on South Third Street in 1983, manufactured products from the crude tar produced in the coking process at the now-closed coke plant.  The remedy will address soil, soil vapor and Ohio River sediment contaminated by the former tar plant.

The site cleanup has been ongoing for years. Honeywell is a successor to Allied.

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